interests in ukraine. meaning crimea, they say, gives put than essential warm water port. it gives him that base for his black sea fleet. and he's apparently now made that cost-benefit calculation, that taking crimea back is actually worth the risk. he's not worried, apparently, about the consequences. be that half of the g-8 nations don't show up in sochi or that russia is somehow slapped with some form of sanctions. putin, we're told doesn't doesn't believe that the u.s. or its allies have the leverage to hurt him. especially when it comes to the kind of reaction. he sees the reaction in the streets of moscow. st. petersburg, today, there were tens of thousands demonstrating in support of putin's actions in ukraine. alex. >> so far, u.s., uk, canada and france at least in part canceling sochi. >>> the sizes of russia's forces in crimea is not known specifically at this. "the new york times" reports that the ukraine has 3500 troops in the region armed. ukraine said its total actual army has 1 thourt soldi